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  1. A Record of Awakening: Practice and Insight on the Buddhist Path
    A Record of Awakening: Practice and Insight on the Buddhist Path

  2. The Wheel of Life (Buddhist Symbols)
    The Wheel of Life (Buddhist Symbols)

  3. What Is the Sangha?: The Nature of Spiritual Community
    What Is the Sangha?: The Nature of Spiritual Community

  4. Warrior of Peace: The Life of the Buddha
    Warrior of Peace: The Life of the Buddha

  5. The Vajra and Bell (Buddhist Symbols)
    The Vajra and Bell (Buddhist Symbols)

  6. A Deeper Beauty: Buddhist Reflections on Everyday Life
    A Deeper Beauty: Buddhist Reflections on Everyday Life

  7. Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Beliefs and Practices
    Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Beliefs and Practices

  8. The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival
    The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival

  9. Comfort for the Faint Hearted (Honeycomb S.)
    Comfort for the Faint Hearted (Honeycomb S.)

  10. Beyond the Blue Glass: Catholic Essays on Faith and Culture: v. 1
    Beyond the Blue Glass: Catholic Essays on Faith and Culture: v. 1

  11. A Soloviev Anthology
    A Soloviev Anthology

  12. Christianity for Buddhists
    Christianity for Buddhists

  13. The Loving Struggle\Lucha Espiritual Y Amorosa (Honeycomb S.)
    The Loving Struggle\Lucha Espiritual Y Amorosa (Honeycomb S.)

  14. A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Carmel Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes
    A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Carmel Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes

  15. Casta Meretrix: An Essay on the Ecclesiology of St.Ambrose
    Casta Meretrix: An Essay on the Ecclesiology of St.Ambrose

  16. Prophets and Priests: The Hidden Face of the Birth Control Movement
    Prophets and Priests: The Hidden Face of the Birth Control Movement

  17. The Lost Shrine of Liskeard: An Grerva Gellys a Lyskerrys
    The Lost Shrine of Liskeard: An Grerva Gellys a Lyskerrys

  18. The Eternal Journey: Meditations on the Jewish Year
    The Eternal Journey: Meditations on the Jewish Year

  19. Turtle Was Gone a Long Time: Anaconda Canoe v. 3
    Turtle Was Gone a Long Time: Anaconda Canoe v. 3

  20. Dreamtime
    Dreamtime

  21. Gnosticism: Beliefs and Practices
    Gnosticism: Beliefs and Practices

  22. With God in Human Trust: Christian Faith and Contemporary Humanism - A Meeting of Minds
    With God in Human Trust: Christian Faith and Contemporary Humanism - A Meeting of Minds

  23. The Weight in the Word: Prophethood - Biblical and Quranic
    The Weight in the Word: Prophethood - Biblical and Quranic

  24. At the Feet of the Goddess: The Divine Feminine in Local Hindu Religion
    At the Feet of the Goddess: The Divine Feminine in Local Hindu Religion

  25. Human Rights and Religion: A Reader
    Human Rights and Religion: A Reader

A Record of Awakening: Practice and Insight on the Buddhist Path
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Westerner Walks in the Buddha's Steps
  • Important
A Record of Awakening: Practice and Insight on the Buddhist Path
David Smith
Manufacturer: Windhorse Publications (UK)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GeneralGeneral | Buddhism | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1899579184

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Westerner Walks in the Buddha's Steps.......2004-07-29

I think that this is one of the most useful and original books on Buddhism that I have read in a long time. The author is a matter-of-fact Englishman who has achieved great spiritual insight, and does about as much as anyone can to explain the inexplicable. He starts at the beginning of his own journey, and describes what he realized and how his realization grew as time went on. He does this in simple English, and then tries to show how it fits in with traditional Buddhist theory.

This makes his work substantially different from most Buddhist literature, which, whether written by Asians or Westerners, which starts with the intellectual framework developed in another age and in another culture.

Looking at what I have written above, I feel some doubt that I have described the book quite correctly. But it is the best I can do.

In any case, A record of Awakening is very original and should be helpful to anyone on the path. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

5 out of 5 stars Important.......2002-03-23

I highly recommend this book. It is not only a spellbinding true account of a spiritual awakening. It also gives us reliable methods and incouragement for our own lives. It may be more suited for someone who knows a little about meditation but it has been my favourite book since I bought it two years ago.

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